Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/White widow (cannabis)


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The result was keep. delldot  talk  08:25, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

White widow (cannabis)

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Unsourced and non-notable strain of cannabis-- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 17:12, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep this is a strain that many cannabis clubs carry, it is probably notable Coccyx Bloccyx 19:44, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep pending references. Winning the Cannabis Cup is a reasonable claim of notability, but needs to be documented.  Most cannabis-related content published in the USA doesn't meet WP:RS, but if I'm not mistaken, the Cup has been covered in mainstream European sources that should back this up.  If there aren't other sources for it except Cup coverage, though, this stub should be merged into Cannabis Cup. Barno 21:32, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes I think that is a reasonable thing to ask for. Do you know which European sources may have documented this though?  Coccyx Bloccyx 22:02, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Not yet. Google "White Widow" "Cannabis Cup" gives seed company listings for almost all the first 50, most of which cite the award or hit a URL ending in something mentioning Cup winners.  Removing "seed" and "seeds" narrowed it down to mostly enthusiast self-web-published stuff.  HIGH TIMES is the closest thing to a WP:RS-valid source in the first bunch of hits, although there may have been mainstream articles in newspapers and magazines that I haven't found yet.  No obvious European edited-and-published stuff found so far, but I'll try to search more tightly. Barno 00:15, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Adding "magazine" leads me to ask if any European reader can tell us: Do 420magazine.com, VirtualTourist.com, or International Cannagraphic Magazine have widely distributed published versions with editorial review that meet our reliable sources guideline enough to establish notability?  If they're just hobbyist webmags, then they might not make White Widow and other Cannabis Cup-winning strains independently notable, and mention in the parent article (plus a redirect for searchers) would be enough.  But if these or other publishers do mainstream magazines, books, or other citeable sources, please let us know.Barno 00:29, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

A similar search] with "newspaper" gave things like [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/13390669/the_great_california_weed_rush/print this article] from Rolling Stone 's Politics section. Here's an article from The Independent from London. Here's an article from the Miami New Times where the Neighborhood Fish Farm was awarded "Best place to go stoned" in a long list of otherwise legitimate-sounding awards. (For example the award to Ricky Williams didn't include a marijuana joke.) Barno 00:46, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment:[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=newspaper+%22White+Widow%22+%22Cannabis+Cup%22&btnG=Search
 * Keep for this subject, High Times is probably the RS. DGG (talk) 21:26, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


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